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China quake spurs mass blood donations

2013-04-22 20 Dailymotion

Lining up to give blood - these soldiers are among thousands around China donating for victims of Saturday's earthquake.<br /> <br />As the number of dead from the country's worst quake in three years climbs to almost 200 with almost 11,000 injured, officials said people were flocking to blood donation centres.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY FOR YIBING CENTRAL BLOOD BANK, ZHANG XIANGDONG SAYING:<br /> <br />"The residents here are passionate about donating blood. There are more donors than we expected. I have ordered to make sure all the blood we collect is fresh, and we have arranged blood donation registration services here."<br /> <br />The 6.6 magnitude quake struck near the city of Ya'an in the south-western province of Sichuan.<br /> <br />Rescuers were also working to open roads blocked by the quake on Sunday, cutting off remote villages from supplies and relief.<br /> <br />Ya-an city is home to 1.5 million people and also one of China's main centres for protecting the giant

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